Oklahoma Man Sues Over Life Insurance Pact
Henry James bargained with George Johnson to obtain 12 000 cash in exchange for a life insurance policy naming James as beneficiary and a clause that he would die by his own hand within a year. He remained alive after marrying an heiress in Sag Harbor and Johnson now sues to recover his investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
East
Coweta
Henry James
George Johnson
Johnson
James
Sag Harbor
New York
Fruit Growers Discuss Plan for Permanent State Association
Oklahoma fruit growers from across the state gather in Guthrie to outline forming a state fruit growers association. Local counties already have associations and seek uniform packing and shipping, plus rail and refrigerator car arrangements to speed shipments. A future meeting will finalize incorporation and organize the state body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Express Companies
Central Shipping Peints
Oklahoma
Coal car delayed by dealer sale reaches Chickasha
A coal car ordered by a Chickasha dealer in October 1963 and diverted through McAlester mines finally reached Chickasha in January 1907. The dealer sold the business, left town, and the car was billed to the original owner with the successor refusing delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Chickasha
Cromwell
McAlester
Young Man Killed at Guthrie Cotton Compress
Charles Hall, a 22 year old worker at the Hobart cotton compress, was instantly killed when crushed under the press. He customarily crawled under the machine before starting to retrieve fallen hooks and notify the engineer, but he did not do so on this occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Charles Hall
Hobart
Hall
Oklahoma Tops Global Cotton Production in 1996
Oklahoma produced the most cotton outside Egypt and India in 1996, leading among nations and states. The record highlights Oklahoma's crop output in a year dominated by India and Egypt.
Fraud 18 Charged Over College Land Move in Oklahoma
M. L. Mott sues in federal court for the Creek nation claiming the national board of home missions of the Presbyterian church committed fraud. The suit seeks to stop sale of Henry Kendall College land in Muskogee and to block removal of the college for reuse by the Oklahoma synod as a state church school. The Creek granted land totaling 27 acres valued at about 150000 dollars for school use. Kendall College holds the land with prior restrictions. C. W. Turner and Chief Pleasant Porter were involved in origination and quit claim deeds to Kendall college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sait
College
Muskogee
M. L. Mott
National Board of Home Missions
Presbyterian Church
Pleasant Porter
C. W. Turner
Board of Home Missions
Henry Kendall College
Kendall College
Oklahoma Synod
Tulsa
Chief Porter
Presbyterian assembly adjourns with plan for Kansas City meeting
The 119th general assembly of the Presbyterian church concluded its work in Columbus Ohio. It decided to meet next year in Kansas City and established the colored synod of Canadian in Oklahoma to address regional desires for a separate organization. The temperance committee report was accepted without dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Assembly
Kansas City
Columbus
119Th General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Permanent Committee On Temperance
Colored Synod of Canadian
Oklahoma
Committee On Church
Powey Ru
Murder at a Dance Spurs Mob to Jail Hart
In Muskogee a killer was chained and jailed after a posse captured Fred Hart for shooting L Johnson at a dance in Choska. Hart claimed Johnson refused to stop the dance and fired, the bullet injuring a baby and a fiddler. Hart has a jail record. Joe Colbert was arrested for stabbing Joe Grayson, who will die.
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Muskowgee
Fred Hart
Muskogee
Mr. Johnson
Choska
Hart
Johnson
Joe Colbert
Joe Grayson
Conspiracy Case Dismissed in Osage Bribery Indictment
Judge Hainer in Pawnee sustained the demurrer to an indictment against John S. Glenn of Tulsa for conspiracy to defraud the government by bribing Osage council members. The ruling held Osage council members are not government employees, so the government cannot prosecute them in an official capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hainer
Pawnee
de Murrer
John S
Osage Council
Indians Must Pay Expenses in Oil Lease Shakeup
Secretary of the Interior orders five tribes to fund the oil lease and land sales divisions with annual $30,000, a 5 percent sales commission, and 3 percent lease income fees. Advance royalties due at lease filing replace prior delayed payments, with 3 percent of royalties withheld for agency and costs. Effective July 1, the measure shifts costs from government to Indians, drawing strong opposition from oil lease men and sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Interior
Muskogee
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Agency
Congress
Beaver County Institute Moves to Guymen After Withdrawal
An injunction by Beaver City parties to block Miss Ella Baker from hosting the annual normal institute was withdrawn. The institute will now run at Guymen starting June 3 for thirty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver City
Ella Baker
Beaver County
Guymen
Green bugs ease cost of living on wheat farms
The note suggests green bugs have left some benefit, making wheat priced at one dollar potentially allow a comfortable farming year. The casual remark implies an easier year for farmers despite pest concerns.
Mrs McKinley Dies in Canton Widow of Martyred President
The widow of President William McKinley died Sunday at Canton at 1 50 PM after hours of declining health. Secretary Cortelyou and family members were present as physicians fought to keep her alive. President Roosevelt and other officials attended funeral services at the McKinley mansion before the body was interred beside her husband in West Lawn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Canton
William McKinley
President McKinley
Cortelyou
M. €. Baker
Roosevelt
Wise
Washington
McKinley Mansion
West Lawn
Railroad seeks 61 million in land value from government
The Missouri Kansas and Texas Rail Road Company files suit in the court of claims at Washington to recover 61,000,000 dollars representing the value of land the company claims in Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company
Washington
Indian Territory
District Convention Postponed in Tulsa by Republicans
The Third congressional district Republican committee met in Tulsa and postponed the Tahlequah convention set for May 29 by twenty days after the state convention. The district had favored adopting the proposed constitution with or without amendments but will follow party leaders in opposing the current constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Republican Committee
Third
Bonaparte Silent On Oklahoma Statehood Yet President Rebuffs
Washington sources report Attorney General Bonaparte refused to advise Democratic Oklahoma delegates on actions for the proposed constitution. President Roosevelt also declined to help with issues raised by Oklahoma court decisions. The committee, in Washington two weeks, returned home discouraged. Ledbetter claims the move aims to defeat statehood until after the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bonaparte
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
W. A. Ledbetter
Public Lands Policy Debate Prepares for Congress
President Roosevelt seeks support for his public lands policy affecting westward grazing forests and homesteads. He plans to deploy officials like Wilson, Pinchot, Balinger and Leupp to explain the program in the field to win eastern and western backing and weaken opposition in Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Wilson
the Interior Airfield
Forreste Pinchot
Lané
Ballinger
Leupp
Indian Affairs
Ponca City Merchant Survives Fall From Second Story
A Ponca City merchant plummeted from the second floor into an elevator shaft and lay unconscious in the basement for three hours before regaining consciousness and completing his day’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Farmers Union National Directorate Meets in Shawnee
The Farmers' unions national board, with about 60 delegates, convened in Shawnee for its quarterly meeting. President C. S. Barrett of Headwater, Georgia, arrived as a guest. The cotton handling question dominates discussion with aims to curb the one million dollars lost yearly. Colonel Watson of Atlanta is sought to address the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee Shawnee
National Board of Directors
Farmers’ Unions
C. S. Barrett
Headwater
Colonel Watson
Atlanta
Assembly
United States
Bankers Seek Statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territories
In Chishasha the Eleventh annual session of the Oklahoma and Indian Territory bankers adjourned. Officers were elected: President E. P. Blake Blackwell, first vice president A. D. Kennedy Okemah. Resolutions declare that regardless of party, they urge authorities to grant statehood at the earliest possible moment.
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Chickasha
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
E. P. Blake
Blackwell
A. D.kennedy
Okminigee
Oklahoma to issue grazing leases on land endowment
The Oklahoma territorial school land leasing board will accept applications on June 16 for grazing leases covering selections from the endowment lands for Oklahoma colleges. Leases run April 1, 1907 to April 1, 1908 with back rentals due for prior use and a one year term. Preference given to past users, bids judged by highest amount where land unused, and final approval rests with the secretary of the interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
State of
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Territorial School Land Leasing Board
Secretary of the Interior
Banks Lose Heavily in Vinita Cashier Shortages
In Vinita two national banks face losses totaling about 19000 due to cashier shortages. Gullian of the Vinita National Bank is said to owe around 10000, with an examiners report cited. One cashier is jailed guard while the other is ill at home. another former cashier Phillips has been indicted and bonded. The bank, capital 110000, is described as in good condition with Dave Hill as president.
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Muskogee
Vinita
J. F Gullian
John M. Hale
Gullian
Big Cabin Creek
Dave Hill
Nowata
W. P. Phillips
First National Bank
Phillips
Mexico
Vinita National Bank
Guillian
Murray floats idea of reconvening constitutional convention
Shawnee leader W H Murray, president of the constitutional convention, says Attorney General Bonaparte will likely resolve the dispute within ten days. Murray opposes re writing the constitution and warns eliminating minor features or redrawing county lines would not satisfy objections. He expects the agitation to end soon as Bonaparte leads the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Shawnee
W. H. Murray
Bonaparte
Mr. Murray
Oklahoma
Prohibition Targeted in Big Pasture Liquor Crackdown
United States Marshal John Abernathy ordered officers to arrest all persons selling intoxicating liquor in the Big Pasture area. Prohibition will be enforced under the congressional act establishing towns in the newly opened country. The move aims to remove saloon operators who moved in after the area opened months ago.
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Guthrie
United States
John Abernathy
Marshal’s
Oil Producers to Meet in Tulsa May 30
The Mid Continent Oil Producers association is summoned to Tulsa on May 30 at noon. James R. Garfield secretary of the interior is expected to attend to gather data on regional oil conditions.
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Garfield Bartlesville
Mid-Continent Oil Producers’ Association
Tulsa
James R. Garfield
Bank official Harry L. Reno charged with mismanagement
Harry L. Reno former cashier of the Bank of Burlington Okla is arrested and charged with mismanagement of bank funds. He is held on a $2000 bond.
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Harry L. Reno
Bank of Burlington
Oklo
Knowles Gets Fifty Years For Attack On Captain Macklin
Corporal Knowles of the Twenty-fifth Infantry was sentenced by a court martial at Fort Reno Oklahoma to fifty years at hard labor in Fort Leavenworth. He was found guilty on two specifications assault and battery with intent to kill and assault with intent to commit robbery. General Meyer approved the sentence.
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Macklin
San Antonio
Knowles
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Edgar A. Macklin
Fort Reno
Okla
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Albert L. Meyer
Department of Texas
Knowles Sunty
Farmers Union Pushes Independent Pipeline and State Warehouses
The Farmers' Union advocates a separate pipeline to the gulf and the creation of state grain warehouses where produce could be stored for a nominal fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Union
The
Gulf
Negro Receives Life Term In Chickasha Case
Clyde Perkins colored is sentenced to life at hard labor after a 55 minute jury deliberation in a special session court. Judge J T Dickerson praised the verdict and notes no white lawyer would defend the accused. a Black attorney from El Reno handled the case. The prosecution sought death, defence urged mercy.
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Clyde Perkins
J. T. Dickerson
Pauls Valley
el Reno
Special Train To Jamestown Expo From Oklahoma City
The Sons of Confederates plan a special train to the Jamestown exposition leaving Oklahoma City on May 27 at 8 00 pm and returning June 6. Sponsors maids of honor brigadier commanders and staffs from both territories are invited and expected to ride. public invitation extended to all.
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Sons of Confederates
Jamestown Expsition
Oklahoma City
Spaulding College Confers Sweet Girl Graduates This Week
Spaulding College at Muskogee issued its annual class of sweet girl graduates this week, signaling a ceremonial milestone in a defenseless masculine world.
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Spaulding College At
Muskogee
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